Metodologi Pengeluaran Fatwa dalam Mazhab Syafi'i di Negara Brunei Darussalam: Analisa Fatwa Bab Munakahat dari Tahun 1994 Hingga 2015

Abstract

Syafi’i school is a renowned ‘mazhab’ that has been reinforced in Brunei Darussalam. It has a great influence on the Islamic community of the country in their everyday life and even so, the Department of the State Mufti in Brunei Darussalam in their decisions to issue fatwas. Thereby, a research study titled ‘Methodology On Fatwas Issued By The Shafi‘i School In Brunei Darussalam: Analysis Of Munakahat Fatwas From 1994 To 2015’ has been carried out. This study consists of three research objectives. First, to research the methodology used by the Shafi’i school on issuing fatwas. Second, to analyse fatwas that has been issued by the Department of the State Mufti of Brunei Darussalam relating to Munakahat from 1994 to 2015. Third, to assess the methodology used by the Department of the State Mufti of Brunei Darussalam in issuing the fatwas and to what extent does it attached to the Shafi‘i school on issuing the fatwas. The methods used in this study are in the form of qualitative and library research. This study institutes that al-Qur’ān, hadith and the thought of the scholars of shafi’i school play a role in the methodology used to issue fatwas based on the Syafi’i school. Methods al Bayān dan al-Qiyās were also used in issuing fatwas. In conclusion, the Department of the State Mufti of Brunei Darussalam dominantly has used the beliefs and speculations of scholars among Shafi‘i school in the methods to issue the fatwas.